Translingual

Proper noun

Simuliidae

1. A taxonomic family within the superfamily Chironomoidea – the black flies.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Parasimuliinae, Simuliinae - subfamilies